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CHILDBIRTH – AM – Aleph Mem
- 41

This is a very complex
dream in kabbalistic terms. As any parent will
confirm child birth is both a deeply rewarding
and at the same time an enormously worrying
event. It is highly likely that this dream
indicates that you are in a transition phase
in your life; certain projects or
relationships may well be reaching a point at
which you feel wholly content. While positive,
this dream points to the need to maintain
proper levels of planning and responsibility
in your life.

When we dream about giving
birth we take on the role the archetypal
mother who is represented by the value
forty-one. Forty connects to the letter Mem,
which represents the element of water and the
deep emotional connection between parent and
child. The number one signifies the creative
spark that leads to conception. When we
compress the number we get five which is the
value of the letter Heh. The letter Heh in
Hebrew is regarded as a symbol of the material
world of "Malkuth" and is the daughter of the
other three letters in the secret name of God.

In the Kabalah the Sephira
Binah is known as The Great Mother and
represents the means by which raw energy is
given a form and structure. It is this
structuring aspect of Binah that is indicated
a dream of childbirth. This dream is telling
us that we need to focus on planning our lives
just as much as thinking about the results of
our actions. The Sephira Binah connects
directly on the Tree of Life to the Sephira
Gevurah and in this sense Gevurah is the child
of Binah. Gevurah is a very warlike and severe
Sephira and if the birth is particularly
painful it may well suggest the influence of
Gevurah in your life. The correct response to
this is to be cautious in all your activities
while trying to remain calmly optimisitic no
matter what life throws at you. The
combination of the protective force of Binah
and the severity of Gevurah represents the
mixed feelings that you are experiencing at
this time.

As the Sephira Binah is one
of the Supernals, this dream is all about
energies reaching down towards the dreamer
from the divine source rather than their own
will taking them forwards. At one level
dreaming about childbirth connects to the
world of physical reality and suggests that
you have a busy but profitable time ahead of
you.. If your dream is focused on the mother
than this suggests that if you are considering
any major project you need to spend more time
planning before taking any action. On the
other hand a focus on the baby itself suggests
that the time is right to go ahead and act. At
a spiritual level the dream suggests that you
are ready to take your personal development to
a deeper level, probably through some form of
structured mystical training such as yoga or
meditation.

At the most practical level an ideal response
to this dream is to set aside an evening and
do the following. Sit down with a new notebook
and first of all, write down everything you
hope to achieve in the next six months. You
should include everything in this list and no
matter how trivial. Once you have your list
you should give each aim a page of its own and
list out exactly how you can accomplish your
goal. If you combine this down to earth focus
on planning with a weekly yoga class you will
find your life runs far more smoothly. More
significantly this dream is a strong indicator
that a connection between yourself and the
divine is gradually taking shape. By engaging
in a structured form of spiritual work you
will enable that link to be made most
effectively.

FIRE – ASH – Aleph Shin
- 301

Dreaming of fire can be
either encouraging or a warning shot across
our spiritual bows. If we are dreaming of a
house on fire or any other type of threatening
inferno then the dream is warning us of an
impending disaster. Oftentimes it relates to
our own impetuous nature. If you dream of a
damaging fire it would be very worthwhile to
sit back calm down and see if you can't take
things at a more relaxed pace. Positive fire
dreams connect to the suit of wands in the
Tarot, which are generally associated with
bursts of creative energy.

The Hebrew word for fire
has a value of three hundred and one. This
value encapsulates both the adverse and the
positive aspects of a fire dream. The number
three hundred indicates the boundless creative
energy that is tied up in fire, and we can
immediately see how this can lead to a surge
of inspiring work for the general and
spiritual good or to a chaotic and ultimately
ineffective display of activity. Similarly the
number one is double edged. It is both a
symbol of the One the transcendent level of
consciousness that is beyond duality and of
the individual as single minded ego driven and
deaf to the wisdom of others.

The element of Fire is
represented on The Tree of Life by the Sephira
Netzach, and it is the last and most
challenging of the elements that we must
master in our journey towards spiritual
self-integration. When our consciousness is
primarily influenced by the energies of
Netzach all matters of emotion are
fore-grounded. It is important to remember
that this does not just mean relationships or
romance. Netzach connects with any aspect of
our life which is dominated by feeling rather
than thought; art, music, our enjoyment of
food, even our politics may fall under this
Sephira’s influence. Two paths on the Tree of
Life can also help us appreciate the import of
both types of Fire dream. The Tower card shows
a sturdy stone tower being utterly destroyed
by fiery lightning demonstrating that even in
its destructive aspect the element of Fire may
be serving a useful purpose. Conversely the
Sun card which signifies intellectual
achievement and the virtues of innocent joy
shows us the wonder that the wholly creative
aspect of Fire can bring.

The Sephira of Netzach can
be a troubling and an equally invigorating
state of consciousness. The dream of Fire
suggests that you are in the process of
experiencing its more challenging aspects. It
is very difficult but also necessary to face
our passions head on and ask ourselves the
question “Why do I feel so strongly about this
– is it justifiable?” In taking up the
challenge it is important we quite literally
fight fire with fire as it takes a lot of
spiritual energy and will to recognise where a
heart felt feeling is no more than ego
arrogance, or indeed to locate those passions
that are valuable to our quest. Remember that
when we compress the value of fire(301) we get
the number four, the symbol of the earth and
solidity. This should remind you that when
negotiating this difficult path it is always
easier to walk when we keep our feet on the
ground.

To fully benefit from this
dream requires two distinct responses. On the
hand it is important to develop an
appreciation of the nature of passion and
emotion, at the same time it is a real mark of
development when one can feel a certain
passion and emotional response to the most
simple of tasks. It is all too easy to forget
that the divine is fundamentally a force of
love. In order to fully link with our own
higher self we must be able to deal with a
whole range of emotions. Even more we must be
bale to understand our emotional responses.
To address the first issue simply requires you
to rent as many emotional videos as possible,
visit some art galleries and read some heart
wrenching fiction. Immerse yourself in emotion
and explore how you personally respond. The
second action is more demanding. You should
choose a very mundane task such as preparing
dinner and as you are busy slicing the
vegetables and laying the table you should
focus on how you feel about the task. It will
be hard but if you concentrate you should be
able to discover a deep emotional reaction to
even the most boring of household chores.

BRIDGES – GISHUR – Gimel
Yod Shin Vau Resh - 509

Dreaming of a bridge
indicates that you are in a period of
transition. From a mystical point of view this
transition is from one basic state of
consciousness to another represented by moving
from one sephira to another. In more practical
terms dreams of bridges should be seen as a
moment of choice and is connected to the Tarot
card The Lovers. Although the Lovers is not
exclusively connected to emotional choices it
is very likely, especially if the bridge in
question is broad or curved in shape that the
dream relates to an important emotional
decision. To help you make the right choice
you should try and spend some time in a
peaceful spot near water as this will
encourage the energies associated with the
Lovers card.

The value of this dream is
highly instructive as it describes in mystical
terms the process that the dreamer must
undergo at this point in their spiritual
development. The value of five hundred and
nine is a prime number which means that it is
only divisible by one and itself. Prime
numbers are quite rare and this alludes along
with their nature to the uniqueness of each
individual and the fact that each of must find
our own way to cross over to a new state of
consciousness. When reduced the value gives us
fourteen which connects to the Death card in
the tarot pointing to the profound nature of
the change that we encounter in ourselves if
we do cross that metaphorical bridge.

One could possibly see the
Kabbala as a system consisting of nothing but
bridges. The Tree of Life represents both the
physical and spiritual universe as well as
the individual as a network of paths linking
one Sephira to another. These paths can very
easily be seen as bridges. In this sense the
dream is not aligned to any one point on the
tree but to the process of travelling the Tree
itself. It is most likely though that this
dream will occur towards the beginning of your
spiritual quest and as such it refers to the
thirty-second path. This is the first path
leading out of Malkuth and up towards Yesod.
Of all the possible paths this is the one that
functions as the initial bridge from the
material to the spiritual, and indeed in some
early versions of the Tree of Life there is
only one path out of Malkuth.

This dream suggests that we
have moved from wanting to engage with our
higher self to actually stepping towards it.
We may well already be on that narrow bridge
which leads ever upwards towards the
unknowable truth. The letters which make up
the Hebrew word for bridge tell a little tale
which should help us to persevere in our
attempts to safely reach the other side. The
letters are Gimel, Shin, Vau, Resh and from
these letters we can extract this nugget of
wisdom: The camel of the Priestess(Gimel)
carries you into the biting heat(Shin) but
strength will bring you to the cooling air(Vau)
and the burning fire will become the life
giving Sun(Resh). In this tale you are the
camel and the Priestess is your own higher
self carried by your physical self until you
cross the bridge to the higher planes.

One of the principles of
the Kabbalah in the Hermetic tradition is the
notion of “as above so below”. Put simply this
implies that the nature of the divine is
mirrored in the world of the mundane. This is
an important concept in terms of self
development. It means that practical acts can
have a direct influence on our spiritual
existence. This dream relates to the building
of bridges to assist the evolution of our
soul. We can aid this process by building
bridges in our day to day life. An ideal way
to approach this is to find a club or
organisation that would not normally appeal
and make the necessary effort to form a bond
with the other members of the group. An
equally good approach would be to consider
joining a pen-friend organisation and striking
up correspondence with a whole range of people
from a number of diverse cultures and
backgrounds.